GDT: "Battle on Hamilton": Flyers at Phantoms (AHL) |Sat., Sep. 27, 2014 | 5:00 p.m. ET

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (2-1-1, 0-1-1 away ) vs. LEHIGH VALLEY PHANTOMS ​

BROADCAST INFORMATION​

• Television: Could be shown in Lehigh Valley (not confirmed) or via live stream here ( http://www.csnphilly.com/video_content_type/philadelphia-flyers-lehigh-valley-phantoms-927 )
• Phantoms' Radio: WSAN (1470 AM) http://www.iheart.com/live/SportsRa...wsan-am&pname=4537&campid=local&autoplay=true Coverage could start around 4:20 p.m. ET.

GAME PREVIEW, NOTES and STATISTICS​

• Preview: http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=62589
• Stats and Notes: NHL preseason standings: http://www.nhl.com/ice/page.htm?id=100478#&navid=nav-stn-pre
• NHL Stats: http://www.nhl.com/ice/teamstats.htm
• Flyers' Stats: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/stats.htm

TEAMS' WEBSITES​

• Flyers' Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philadelphiaflyers
• Flyers' Twitter: https://twitter.com/NHLFlyers
• Flyers' Website: http://flyers.nhl.com/index.html
• Phantoms' Website: http://phantomsarena.com/Phantoms_Arena.html

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS​

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS' ROSTER (updated September 26)​

Forwards

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Pos. | Place of Birth | Date of Birth | 2013-14 Team/League
42| Akeson, Jason| 5'10"|190|R|Ottawa, Ontario|6/3/90|Phantoms AHL; FLYERS NHL
64| Alderson, Brandon |6'4" |195| R| Oakville, Ontario| 1/22/92| Phantoms AHL
73 | Aube-Kubel, Nicholas | 5'11" |190| R| Slave Lake, Alberta |5/10/96 |Val-d'Or QMJHL
78|Bellemare, Pierre-Edouard|5'11"|196|R|Paris, France|3/6/85|Skelleftea AIK SHL
52| Cousins, Nick |5'11" |170| C |Belleville, Ontario |7/20/93 |Phantoms AHL
14| Couturier, Sean |6'3"| 197| C| Phoenix, AZ| 12/7/92| FLYERS NHL
75| Fazleev, Radel | 6'0" |179| C |Kzan, Russia| 1/7/96 |Calgary WHL
77 | Fyten, Austin |6'2" |200 |L| Sundre, Alberta |5/3/91| Oklahoma City AHL; Idaho ECHL
28 |Giroux, Claude |5'11" |172 |C |Hearst, Ontario |1/12/88| FLYERS NHL
34 | Gordon, Andrew |6'0" |199 |R| Halifax, Nova Scotia |12/13/85 |St. John's AHL
63 | Goumas, Kevin |5'10" |165 |C |Lake Worth, FL| 11/19/91 |New Hampshire H-East; Phantoms AHL
56 |Goulbourne, Tyrell|6'0" |184 |L| Edmonton, Alberta |1/26/94| Kelowna WHL
68 | Hatch, Matt | 5'11"| 185| L |Massena, NY |5/22/90 |Union NCAA
61 | Hextall, Brett |5'10" |190 |R |Philadelphia, PA |4/2/88 |Portland AHL
80 | Jevpalovs, Nikita |6'1" |198| R| Riga, Latvia| 9/9/94 |Blainville-Boisbriand QMJHL
66 | Johnston, Andrew |6'1" |178| L| Saskatoon, Saskatchewan| 7/6/91| Phantoms AHL; Orlando ECHL
41 |Jones, Blair | 6'2"| 215| C| Central Butte, Saskatchewan| 9/27/86| Abbotsford AHL; Calgary NHL
49 |Laughton, Scott| 6'1" |190 |C |Oakville, Ontario| 5/30/94 |Oshawa OHL
40 |Lecavalier, Vincent |6'4" |215| C |Ile Bizard, Quebec| 4/21/80| FLYERS NHL
58 | Leier, Taylor | 5'11"|177 |L| Saskatoon, Saskatchewan |2/15/94 |Portland WHL
79| Marcotte, Louick | 6'1" |194| L| Longueuil, Quebec |1/7/94 |Val-d'Or QMJHL
57 | Mathers, Derek | 6'2"| 226 |R |Strathroy, Ontario |8/4/93 |Phantoms AHL
81| Noebels, Marcel | 6'3" |195| L| Tonisvorst, Germany |3/14/92| Phantoms AHL
46 | Powe, Darroll |5'11" |212 |C |Saskatoon, Saskatchewan |6/22/85| Hartford AHL; NY Rangers NHL
12 |Raffl, Michael|6'0" |195| R| Villah, Austria| 12/1/88 |FLYERS NHL
24 |Read, Matt | 5'10" |185 |L| Ilderton, Ontario| 6/14/86| FLYERS NHL
36 |Rinaldo, Zac | 5'11" |169| C| Mississauga, Ontario| 6/15/90 |FLYERS NHL
37 |Rosehill, Jay |6'3" |215 |L |Olds, Alberta| 7/16/85| FLYERS NHL
10 |Schenn, Brayden |6'1" |190| C |Saskatoon, Saskatchewan |8/22/91| FLYERS NHL
17 |Simmonds, Wayne | 6'2"| 183| R| Scarborough, Ontario| 8/26/88| FLYERS NHL
45 |Stortini, Zack|6'4"| 232| R| Elliot Lake, Ontario| 9/11/85| Norfolk AHL
51 | Straka, Petr | 6'0" |194 |R |Plzen, Czech Republic| 6/15/92| Phantoms AHL
18 |Umberger, R.J.|6'2" |214| C| Pittsburgh, PA |5/3/82| Columbus NHL
76 |VandeVelde, Chris | 6'2" |190 |C |Moorhead, MN |3/15/87 |Phantoms AHL; FLYERS NHL
93| Voracek, Jakub |6'2" |214| R| Kladno, Czech Republic| 8/15/89 |FLYERS NHL
25 |White, Ryan |6'0" |193 |C |Brandon, Manitoba |3/17/88 |Montreal NHL

Defensemen

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Pos. | Place of Birth | Date of Birth | 2013-14 Team/League
39| Alt, Mark |6'3" |205| D |Kansas City, MO |10/18/91 |Phantoms AHL
5 |Coburn, Braydon |6'5"|220|D| Shaunavon, Saskatchewan |2/27/85| FLYERS NHL
15| Del Zotto, Michael |6'0" |195 |D |Stouffville, Ontario |6/24/90| NY Rangers NHL; Nashville NHL
48 | Delisle, Steven | 6'6"| 209 |D |Levis, Quebec| 7/30/90| Phantoms AHL
82| Flemming, Brett |5'11" |184 |D |Regina, Saskatchewan| 2/26/91| Reading ECHL; Hershey AHL
53| Gostisbehere, Shayne|5'11" |170| D |Pembroke Pines, FL |4/20/93| Union ECAC; Adirondack AHL
8| Grossmann, Nicklas |6'4" |230 |D |Stockholm, Sweden |1/22/85| FLYERS NHL
54 | Hagg, Robert | 6'2" |204| D| Uppsala, Sweden |2/8/95| Modo SHL; Phantoms AHL
62| Konan, Matt| 6'3" |198| D| Tustin, CA |9/3/91 |Phantoms AHL
60 | Lamarche, Maxim |6'3" |218 |D |Laval, Quebec| 7/11/92| Elmira ECHL; Phantoms AHL
38 | Lauridsen, Oliver |6'6" |220 |D |Gentofte, Denmark |3/24/89 |Phantoms AHL
47 |MacDonald, Andrew |6'1" |190 |D |Judique, Nova Scotia| 9/7/86| NY Islanders NHL; FLYERS NHL
43| Manning, Brandon |6'1" |195 |D |Prince George, British Columbia | 6/4/90 |Phantoms AHL
50| Morin, Samuel | 6'7" |210 |D |Lac-Beauport, Quebec| 7/12/95| Rimouski QMJHL
59| Pettersson, Jesper | 5'8" |187 |D |Stockholm, Sweden |7/16/94| Linkoping SHL
20 |Pronger, Chris |6'6" |220 |D |Dryden, Ontario| 10/10/74 |FLYERS NHL
74| Rusk, Beau |6'5" |230 |D |Beaconsfield, Quebec| 4/19/96| Rimouski QMJHL|
71| Sanheim, Travis | 6'3"| 181| D |Elkhorn, Manitoba |3/29/96 |Calgary WHL
22 |Schenn, Luke | 6'2" |229 |D |Saskatoon, Saskatchewan| 11/2/89| FLYERS NHL
55 |Schultz, Nick |6'1" |203| D| Strasbourg, Saskatchewan| 8/25/82|Edmonton NHL; Columbus NHL
32| Streit, Mark |5'11" |191| D| Bern, Switzerland |12/11/77 |FLYERS NHL|
44 |Timonen, Kimmo |5'10" |194 |D |Kuopio, Finland| 3/18/75 |FLYERS NHL

Goalies

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Pos. | Place of Birth | Date of Birth | 2013-14 Team/League
29 |Emery, Ray | 6'2"| 196| G| Hamilton, Ontario| 9/28/82| FLYERS NHL
67| Knapp, Connor |6'5" |215 |G |York, NY| 5/1/90| Greenville ECHL; Florida ECHL; Alaska ECHL; Rochester AHL; Buffalo NHL
35 |Mason, Steve|6'4" |217 |G| Oakville, Ontario| 5/29/88 |FLYERS NHL
70 | Ouellette, Martin |6'1" |160 |G |Saint-Jerome, Quebec |12/30/91| Maine H-East
65| Stolarz, Anthony |6'6" |210| G |Edison, NJ |1/20/94 |London OHL
72 |Zepp, Rob| 6'1" |194 |G |Newmarket, Ontario|9/7/81 |Berlin DEL

Roster Moves:

• Sept. 17 -- Released from NHL Amateur Try-Outs: Nikita Jevpalovs, Louick Marcotte, and Beau Rusk.
• Sept. 24 -- Returned to CHL teams: Nicholas Aube-Kubel [Val D'Or (QMJHL)]; Radel Fazleev [Calgary (WHL)]; Travis Sanheim [Calgary (WHL)].
• Sept. 24 -- Sent to Lehigh Valley (AHL): Alderson, Brandon; Alt, Mark; Cousins, Nick; Delisle, Steven; Flemming, Brett; Fyten, Austin; Goumas, Kevin; Hagg, Robert; Hatch, Matt; Hextall, Brett; Johnston, Andrew; Knapp, Connor; Lamarche, Maxim; Mathers, Derek; Noebels, Marcel; Ouellette, Martin; Pettersson, Jesper; Stolarz, Anthony; Straka, Petr
• Sept. 26 -- Andrew Gordon, Oliver Lauridsen and Brandon Manning were waived for the purpose of assigning them to Lehigh Valley (AHL).
• Sept. 26 -- Taylor Leier and LW Darroll Powe sent to Lehigh Valley (AHL).

FLYERS' POSSIBLE LINEUP (incomplete list of players traveling for this game; the remaining players will come from the Phantoms)
FORWARDS
10 - Brayden Schenn
12 - Michael Raffl
36 - Zac Rinaldo
37 - Jay Rosehill
41 - Blair Jones
42 - Jason Akeson
45 - Zack Stortini
49 - Scott Laughton
76 - Chris VandeVelde

DEFENSE
15 - Michael Del Zotto
22 - Luke Schenn
50 - Sam Morin
53 - Shayne Gostisbehere

Lines

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing

Pairings

Name | Name

Goalies

Name | Name

FLYERS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare | not expected to play| lower body
Sean Couturier |day-to-day| upper body
Ray Emery | day-to-day | lower body
Claude Giroux | out approx. two weeks from Sept. 19| lower body
Chris Pronger | expected to miss the entire season | post-concussion syndrome
Kimmo Timonen | out indefinitely | blood clots in lungs and right calf
Ryan White| out indefinitely, reported as five months from date of surgery | left pectoralis muscle surgery, Aug. 27

FLYERS' POWER PLAY UNITS

Unit | Name | Name | Name | Name | Name
No. 1|
No. 2|

LEHIGH VALLEY PHANTOMS​

PHANTOMS' POSSIBLE LINEUP
Lines

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing

Pairings

Name | Name

Goalies

Name | Name

PHANTOMS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description

PHANTOMS' POWER PLAY UNITS

Unit | Name | Name | Name | Name | Name
No. 1|
No. 2|

PHANTOMS' ROSTER
Forwards

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth

Defensemen

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth

Goalies

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS' 2014 PRESEASON SCHEDULE​

Date | Game | Arena | Time (ET) | Television Broadcast | Radio Broadcast
Monday, Sept. 22|Washington 4 at Flyers' split 5| Wells Fargo Center |7:00 p.m. |CSN-DC,TCN-PH | None
Monday, Sept. 22|Toronto 3 at Flyers' split 2 (SO)|Budweiser Gardens (London, ON)|7:00 p.m. |Leafs' TV | 97.5
Tuesday, Sept. 23|Flyers 0 at Toronto 4 | Air Canada Centre| 7:30 p.m. | NHLN-US, TSN4 | 97.5
Thursday, Sept 25| New Jersey 0 at Flyers 4| Wells Fargo Center |7:00 p.m. |MSG PLUS, TCN-PH| 97.5
Saturday, Sept 27|Flyers at Phantoms (intrasquad)| PPL Center (Allentown, PA) |5:00 p.m. |Possible in Lehigh Valley area| 1470-WSAN
Sunday, Sept 28| Flyers at New Jersey| Prudential Center|7:00 p.m. |None currently listed| 97.5
Monday, Sept 29| Flyers at NY Rangers |Madison Square Garden |7:00 p.m. |NHLN-US, MSG | 97.5
Tuesday, Sept. 30| NY Rangers at Flyers | Wells Fargo Center| 7:00 p.m.| NHLN-US, MSG, TCN-PH | 97.5
Thursday, Oct. 2|Flyers at Washington| Verizon Center |7:00 p.m. |NHLN-US, CSN-DC, CSN-PH| 97.5

MEDIA COVERAGE​

Name | Link

Bucks County Courier Times​

| http://www.buckscountycouriertimes.com/sports/flyers/

Wayne Fish's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/waynefish1

Comcast Sports Philadelphia​

| http://www.csnphilly.com/pages/flyers

Tim Panaccio's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/tpanotchCSN

Courier-Post of South Jersey​

| http://www.courierpostonline.com/sports/flyers

Dave Isaac's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/davegisaac

Delaware County Times​

| http://www.delcotimes.com/flyers

Rob Parent's Twitter​

| http://twitter.com/reluctantSE

HockeyBuzz.com ​

| http://www.hockeybuzz.com/team/Philadelphia-Flyers

Bill Meltzer's Twitter​

| http://twitter.com/billmeltzer

Newark Star-Ledger​

| http://www.nj.com/flyers/

Randy Miller's Twitter​

| http://twitter.com/RandyJMiller

Philadelphia Daily News​

| http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/flyers/

Blog​

| http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/frequentflyers/

Frank Seravalli's Twitter​

| http://twitter.com/DNFlyers

Philadelphia Inquirer​

| http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/flyers/

Blog​

| http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/inqflyersreport/

Sam Carchidi's Twitter​

| http://twitter.com/broadstbull Allentown Morning Call | http://www.mcall.com/sports/hockey/flyers/ Allentown Morning Call (Gary Blockus' Twitter) | https://twitter.com/gblockus Easton Express-Times | http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/sports/ Lehigh Valley Phantoms (Facebook) | https://www.facebook.com/pages/Lehigh-Valley-Phantoms/168799376594629?fref=ts Lehigh Valley Phantoms (Web site and Arena info) | http://phantomsarena.com Lehigh Valley Phantoms (Twitter) | https://twitter.com/LVPhantoms Bob Rotruck's Twitter (Phantoms' broadcaster) | https://twitter.com/BobRotruck 1470 AM (Radio) | http://www.fox1470.com/onair/lehigh-valley-phantoms-54877/

GAME DAY THREAD MUSIC​

"Don't Fear the Reaper" by Blue Oyster Cult
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[MiamiScreamingEagles]

A pre-game GDT until further roster moves are made.

FRIDAY: Practice is scheduled in Voorhees with an 11:30 a.m. ET start.

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

Gonna be a fun game .

 

[OzFlyers]

That arena looks amazing!

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

How exactly did one get tickets to this?

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

That arena looks amazing!

Here is another image:

http://www.mcall.com/sports/hockey/...ilton-with-flyers-sold-ou-20140926-story.html

How exactly did one get tickets to this?

Here is a link to a story and exterior images of the arena:

http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/allentown/index.ssf/2014/09/fans_line_up_for_battle_on_ham.html

 

[Hooah4]

The game is sold out.

 

[Curufinwe]

I think they made the tickets too cheap.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

The game is sold out.

Game is sold out, yet not one ticket is on the secondary market that I can find.

 

[wuf]

Got a ticket to see this with my buddy, psyched!

Edit: I don't know where he got the ticket from.

 

[RJ8812*]

this will be an extremely boring game, much like the game they had at the Spectrum before it closed

 

[sa cyred]

this will be an extremely boring game, much like the game they had at the Spectrum before it closed

Most likely will be, but most are not going for the game but for the new arena.

The new place has a Tim Hortons according to twitter which is pretty damn cool haha.

 

[RJ8812*]

Most likely will be, but most are not going for the game but for the new arena.

The new place has a Tim Hortons according to twitter which is pretty damn cool haha.

It does look nice

Don't fill up on Timbits

 

[dingbathero]

Most likely will be, but most are not going for the game but for the new arena.

The new place has a Tim Hortons according to twitter which is pretty damn cool haha.

the crack of Canada...

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

looks like a small seating capacity. other than that it looks nice.

 

[Patrick Division]

Most likely will be, but most are not going for the game but for the new arena.

The new place has a Tim Hortons according to twitter which is pretty damn cool haha.

My wife and I went to Canada last year and had Tim Horton's and we were hooked!! I love that place. This is awesome news because we're going to the final pre season game there on Oct 4.

 

[Appleyard]

looks like a small seating capacity. other than that it looks nice.

8600 or therabouts for hockey.

 

[Flyerfan4life]

i'll take a medium double-double plz..

 

[Curufinwe]

PEB won't play till Monday at the earliest.

@billmeltzer 8m
Berube: no chance Bellemare will be ready for Sunday.

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

8600 or therabouts for hockey.

oh nmind. I didn't see the first image. now I see the upper bowl seating. thought it was like what I saw in the 2nd one all the way around.
does look very nice no doubt.

 

[Hooah4]

Game is sold out, yet not one ticket is on the secondary market that I can find.

I got my tickets last Friday night. Everyone around the Lehigh Valley is going.

 

[Roo Mad Bro]

If I wasn't working tomorrow I would have gone to it.

I'll just DVR it if it's on cable.

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Apparently, a live stream of this game can be viewed here:

http://www.csnphilly.com/video_content_type/philadelphia-flyers-lehigh-valley-phantoms-927

 

[Cyborg LeClair]

woohoo! time for hockey at the new arena!

I'll be working at this game, Might even help one of you bozos find your seat haha

I'm so pumped, hopefully the crowd is cool and I can just watch the game.

 

[FLYguy3911]

Is this like a glorified scrimmage? Any idea on the teams?